Wednesday, June 06, 2012

There is an urban legend about a Neiman Marcus cookie recipe that was charged at $250 bucks to a card holder. Turned out it was a typical internet fib… but the cookie recipe was real. I tried theirs, hated it (they blend/powderize the oats and do other things I disliked). But I have been making a similar, chewier cookie /bar forever. Mine’s better. :p

I don’t have theirs committed to memory, but we live at sea level and often ditch baking soda and/or powder to get chewier cookies or brownies. I use oats right out of the circular cardboard silo with the Quaker dude who looks like Barbara Bush on the side. I also use light brown sugar rather than dark. I know there are other differences, but these stick out in my memory.

Bake spoon-dropped cookies 8-10 minutes @ 375 on non-stick sheet or line with parchment. You can also put into a greased and floured brownie pan and make bars-- cook til center is soft (will dent to finger-touch) but solid.

Pig out with cold milk.

*ANY individual caught putting raisins into these cookies will be drawn and quartered.